Meet The Midwife
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Emi Yamasaki McLaughlin (she/her) is a Washington State Licensed Midwife (LM). She cares for low risk healthy pregnant people planning to birth in their home or at a birth center. She earned her Master's in Midwifery from Bastyr University in 2012. Emi is a professional member of the Midwives' Association of Washington State.
Emi is committed to building a more just and equitable system for birth. She strives to make midwifery care more accessible to BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA folks, and other marginalized identities by ensuring her clients feel safe, seen, and supported while under her care. Emi also works passionately to see these identities reflected in midwifery and birth worker professions through preceptorships and community activism. She is the clinical director of Cedar Medicine School of Midwifery
Her Master's thesis focused on increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of direct-entry midwives.
When she's not hanging out with pregnant folks, Emi enjoys spending time with her bio and chosen family, baking, karaoke and snuggling her cat.
Emi is committed to building a more just and equitable system for birth. She strives to make midwifery care more accessible to BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA folks, and other marginalized identities by ensuring her clients feel safe, seen, and supported while under her care. Emi also works passionately to see these identities reflected in midwifery and birth worker professions through preceptorships and community activism. She is the clinical director of Cedar Medicine School of Midwifery
Her Master's thesis focused on increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of direct-entry midwives.
When she's not hanging out with pregnant folks, Emi enjoys spending time with her bio and chosen family, baking, karaoke and snuggling her cat.